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mattyb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Stalking
Minor: Blood and Alcohol
briaranne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Outing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, and Grief
fanboyriot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Cursing, and Stalking
Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Vomit, Grief, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Outing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Blood, and Alcohol
peggy_racham's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
goobergio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Cursing, and Medical content
grimdark_dad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia
alana_gf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Bullying
n0elle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Bullying, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt
readerette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
I'm not sure I would suggest that someone going through depression/suicidal tendencies read this book because Tori has shockingly few resources and hardly anyone looking out for her, which is not exactly realistic, nor would it be encouraging to someone in a dark place.
I also wouldn't recommend it to someone currently successfully managing their depression or who had never experienced it. It paints a bleak picture of the common stereotypes of both teenagers and people with depression, where characters' internal processes vacillate between selfishness, sheer nothingness, and melodrama. I do not enjoy stories that reinforce stereotypes.
I wish this book had been more about Tori and Charlie and how they figured things out together. There were some moments of this, and those moments represented most of the high points of the story.
I could also really have done without the Solitaire pranks and blog, which were quite over-the-top and transparent, and served no purpose in the plot or character development. Also, though the book is advertised as Michael and Tori figuring out the Solitaire mystery together, this particular aspect of their partnership hardly comes up except in the last few chapters.
There's character overlap with Heartstoppers, but Tori (thankfully) gets retconned in that series to be a much more well-rounded, believable, and relatable version of what's in this book. This book did not add anything I needed or wanted to the Heartstoppers universe, which deals with mental health challenges and coming of age far more realistically and touchingly than Solitaire.
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship
emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Alcohol, Homophobia, Violence, Bullying, Hate crime, Stalking, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts